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St. Vincent, here playing during The 2025 New Yorker Festival at Webster Hall on Oct. 25, 2025, in New York, will perform Saturday, July 25, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia in Highland Park.

St. Vincent dives into orchestral music with the CSO at Ravinia Saturday

How is six-time 2025 Grammy Award-winner St. Vincent upping her creative game? Her 15-city summer tour finds her collaborating with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saturday, July 25, at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park.

Ken Swanson of South Elgin will be among the French fur trader reenactors taking part Aug. 1 and 2 in the Fox River Trolley Museum's inaugural Military History Weekend. (Ken Swanson)

South Elgin trolley museum aims to bring history to life with new event

Visitors to the Fox River Trolley Museum Aug. 1 and 2 will encounter reenactors portraying everything from 18th-century French fur traders and Wild West train robbers to members of the legendary 65th Infantry Regiment, known as the Borinqueneers.

Benson Boone performs the “Wanted Man Tour” Friday and Saturday, July 24-25, at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont.

Concerts July 24-30: Benson Boone, Blues Traveler, Karol G, Guns N’ Roses, Lollapalooza and more

Upcoming concerts include Benson Boone at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Blues Traveler at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Karol G at Chicago’s Soldier Field, Guns N’ Roses at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Lollapalooza in Chicago’s Grant Park and more.

Arnold Heath VFW Post 5151 members wave to the crowd during the 2024 Summer Celebration parade in Streamwood.

Streamwood’s 30th annual Summer Celebration adds ‘Wizard of Oz’ theme

Each year, the Streamwood Summer Celebration Committee works to bring new ideas and events to the free festival while keeping it welcoming and enjoyable for all ages.

John (Alan Ritchson) doesn’t utter many words in the 1970s-set revenge thriller “Motor City.”

‘Motor City’ lets the action, needle drops do the talking

It’s right there in the trailer for "Motor City": “revenge is louder than words.” The tagline is a coy nod at the unique nature of the screenplay of “Motor City,” because there aren’t many words in this down and dirty 1970s-set revenge thriller starring the brawny Alan Ritchson.

The DuPage County Fair runs Thursday through Sunday, July 23-26, at the DuPage Event Center and Fairgrounds in Wheaton. (John Starks/Daily Herald)

Things to do July 24-30: DuPage and Lake County fairs, Algonquin Fest, Faeries of the Forest, Geneva Arts Fair and more

Mark your calendar for the DuPage and Lake County fairs, Sugar Grove Corn Boil, Algonquin Fest, Roaring Nights at Brookfield Zoo, Faeries of the Forest in South Elgin, Geneva Arts Fair, Long Grove Vintage Days and more.

Bruce Johnson, left, Jeffrey Foskett, Mike Love and Scott Totten of The Beach Boys perform during Bourbon and Beyond music festival on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Ky. The band is rescheduling its Friday, Aug. 14, concert at Aurora’s RiverEdge Park to Saturday, Aug. 21, 2027. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Beach Boys reschedule upcoming RiverEdge concert to Aug. 21, 2027

Music fans looking forward to some good vibrations from the The Beach Boys concert scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14, at Aurora’s RiverEdge Park will have to wait until Aug. 21, 2027.